At an institution founded on democratic ideals, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors should stop working behind the students’ backs.
The University of Virginia is joining a short list of universities around the country offering a joint degree program in law and medicine. The list of UVa students enrolled in the new J.D.-M.D. degree is even shorter.
University of Virginia rising senior Thomas O’Neil first heard that his school was offering a “Game of Thrones” course this past spring. “I immediately signed up,” he told Speakeasy in an interview. “I don’t even think it was a two-second delay between me finding it and going online and registering for the class.”
The Communications Department at the University of Virginia School of Law wanted to use the popular website, Humans of New York as a template for their very own project in Charlottesville.
The University of Virginia Children's Hospital hosted their annual Boys & Girls Club health fair Friday. The Youth Health Fair is an opportunity for children to learn about making smart choices in an effort to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
After reviewing the new data, Schnall developed an explanation for why the Johnson group failed to replicate her study. But the guest editors of the special issue (social psychologists Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia and Daniel Lakens of the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands), having initially said that the original authors of some of the replicated studies “may” be invited to respond, now told her there was no space in the issue for responses by any original authors. The editors also disagreed with her argument that she had found an error in the repli...
North American meat producers lost another court ruling in their bid to defeat mandated labels showing where an animal was born, raised and slaughtered, a decision that may crimp corporations’ efforts to fend off regulation on free-speech grounds. Today’s ruling might make it harder for companies to block regulation on free speech grounds, in part because it comes from an appeals court that has been receptive to such arguments, according to Leslie Kendrick, a law professor at the University of Virginia and a specialist in First Amendment law.
David Martin, a former principal deputy general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security and a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, said Obama would be using “longstanding legal provisions” if he were to provide work authorization to undocumented immigrants. Martin noted that while issuing work permits goes beyond the usual understanding of prosecutorial discretion, the selective issuance of permits in the immigration field has been an accepted practice for decades. He alluded to the Reagan administration, which issued work authorization to foreigners granted d...
Circuit Judge Dennis L. Hupp approving the appointment of a mental health expert to help in Miller's defense. Hupp approved the hiring of Dr. Eileen Ryan, medical director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Ryan is also an associate professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at UVA's medical school.
Quinton Miller, a rising senior at Monticello, took an independent study course that allowed him to work on a new type of radiofrequency coil with his father, Wilson Miller, a radiology researcher at the University of Virginia.
Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said Cantor deserves credit for making a “generous gesture” to his district and eventual successor by resigning early. “At the same time, it’s highly probable that he has a very lucrative deal in the works for his post-Congress life, and he’s eager to get started,” Sabato said.
Illinois' Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn could lose in November, Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics and author of the Sabato's Crystal Ball website, says. Quinn, "barely elected to his first full term in 2010 and hampered by a poor state economy and budget problems, appears to be losing so far to a wealthy Republican, Bruce Rauner," Sabato and co-writers Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley said in an analysis by Crystal Ball.
Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback faces an uphill battle to retain his seat, and Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics and author of the Sabato's Crystal Ball website, says the contest has become a toss-up.
Arkansas' gubernatorial race, once deemed a "toss-up" by Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics and author of the Sabato's Crystal Ball website, is leaning Republican.
In a lackluster primary season, this may be the one to watch, if only for the colorful candidates, said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, a comprehensive political website run by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. Kondik also said it is interesting that Rush's game plan has been to run to the right of Yoho. “It makes sense,” he said. “I just don't know if you're going to have the same district vote out the incumbent in two straight primaries.”
The Arkansas governor’s race has been rated as “leans Republican” by a noted campaign handicapper. Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia this week moved the race from “toss-up” to “leans Republican.” Sabato did not identify a specific event but said Arkansas has been trending Republican at the federal level, the GOP has made major gains at the state level, and Republican Asa Hutchinson appears to have a lead over Democrat Mike Ross.
The polls in the Illinois governor's race have been all over the place, from a 14-point lead for Rauner, to a “nearly a dead heat.” But what does the incredibly accurate Sabato's Crystal Ball, from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, have to say? It says good luck, Gov. Pat Quinn, you'll need it.
After looking at the latest polling and campaign finance disclosures in Kansas’ gubernatorial contest, Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics shifted it from “leans Republican to toss-up” this week.
Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics has rated the race a toss up for the past year.
Unfortunately, the GPS community already has lost some of the members who acted to protect GPS frequencies during the LightSquared fracas. Of the six members that organized “Dear Colleague” letters opposing LightSquared‘s request in the spring of 2011, half are gone or on their way out. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, and Rep. Steve Austria, R-Ohio, both declined to seek re-election in 2012. Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, the oldest-serving member of Congress, lost his primary bid to a Tea Party challenger this spring. A fourth GPS advocate, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minnesota, is more...